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Daily Devotions for Monday 17th April, 2023

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit

Reading : MARK 4 verses 35-41
Meditation : take time to consider these events as your day starts.
Jesus calms a storm
What words stay with you today?
Is there a storm you need Jesus to calm?

Then Pause to Pray in response to this Jesus

Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and thanksgiving
Of confession and trust
For others
For our nation
For our world

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on believers in Nigeria
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from MARK 4 verses 35-41 – in another version?
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response

Eternal and Faithful One,
Hear my evening prayer
As I lay myself and this world before you at the end of today
Calm the storms we ask
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Bible Verse for the Week and Sunday Morning Reflection

Jesus got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!”
Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

Mark 4 verse 39

Do you follow our Sunday morning reflection on the Bible Verse for the Week?
It is found on our YouTube channel…and our Facebook page……..8am each Sunday morning.
The link to this morning’s reflection from John is below (although a different verse but the same chapter!)

Daily Devotions for Sunday 16th April, 2023

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the Living God

Reading : MARK 4 verses 1-34
Meditation : take time and consider this chapter this particular Sunday morning.
The Parable of the Sower
What does it mean for you today?
What is God teaching/reminding you about His ways?

And then pray in response
Naming others known to you seeking spiritual life and truth

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Midday
Pray the Lord’s Prayer as your midday prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be Your Name.
Your kingdom come
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our sins
As we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory.
Now and for ever
Amen

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from MARK 4
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response to this God

O LORD, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for the blessings of this Sunday
As we believe and trust in you
As we name others seeking you
As we pilgrimage on into this new week
In Jesus’ name, Amen.